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Learning from Brazil
Over the last 35 years of living in South America, I’ve seen how people all over the continent — but especially people of indigenous and African descent — can turn the way we think upside down and challenge us to a life that’s about flourishing and joy… and not so much about stuff.Learning form Brazil uses the insights from one of the most extraordinary places on Earth as a way to make life better for everyone.
Episodes
Learning from BrazilListening to Nature
With this podcast, I’ve been trying to show that Brazilian popular culture has much to teach the world. One of the most important lessons I’ve learned from…
Learning from BrazilThe art of play
Everything in our culture is a type of art.A song is art for us. Dancing is art. A prayer is art. From the moment you start smoking the ritual pipe to speak…
Learning from BrazilMusic is a transpersonal feeling
The idea that politics is really about creating and defining enemies — and that identity only emerges from hate — is not inevitable. In this episode of…
Learning from BrazilLearning from Conflict in the Amazon and in Medellín
Conflict is inevitable. We live in a world of diverse interests, ideas, and perspectives. An unequal world, and unjust world. If you try to resolve a conflict…
Learning from BrazilMaking identity out of circles: afro-Brazilian ideas of being yourself
This circle, expressed in thought, story, and cultural practice, offers one Brazilian — and particularly afro-Brazilian — way to think outside of the logic of…
Learning from BrazilWhat can Brazilian football teach us about political rage?
In the United States and Europe, identity construction based on opposition is often called “tribal,” with little self consciousness of the racist implication…
Learning from BrazilWhy do we need to learn from Brazil?
What can we learn form Brazil? Why should we listen to insights from a country where politics is an messed up as it is in the United States and…
Learning from BrazilComing together: on the street, in the family, through culture
Art, ritual, and play are the most common motivations to come together in Brazil, and the drive to make beauty gives both meaning and purpose to estar juntos —…
Learning from BrazilFrom samba to the dabucuri: being together in Brazil
Aristotle began his Politics by defining humanity as a zoon politikon (ζῷον πολιτικόν), a phrase often translated as “political animal”, but which really means…